William Kentridge

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg presents a comprehensive survey of the work of William Kentridge (1955 Johannesburg, ZA) at the museum’s two venues: the celebrated South African artist’s spectacular video installations are on view on the Mönchsberg, while the galleries at the Rupertinum are dedicated to a groundbreaking exploration of his work for the theater and opera stage. A new installation in the Rupertinum’s atrium—across the street from the Haus für Mozart, where Kentridge directs a production of Alban Berg’s opera Wozzeck for this summer’s Salzburg Festival—will remain in place for a full year.

Lines and Gestures

The exhibition Lines & Gestures presents a selection of rare printed editions, publications, and photographs from the holdings of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg and the Generali Foundation. It highlights lines as traces of gestures, either created through drawings or through other performances of the artist.

Up/Rooted. Four Women Artists in Exile

Four Women Artists in Exile 1 July –29 October , 2017Mönchsberg [3]

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is launching a series of exhibitions on artists who experienced life in exile. The project aims to put their work, which has fallen into obscurity, back on the map. Titled Up/Rooted, the first show in the series introduces viewers to the art of three photographers, Ellen Auerbach, Grete Stern, and Elly Niebuhr, and the visual artist and educator Friedl Dicker-Brandeis.

Interim report of the director

The current term of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg’s director, Dr. Sabine Breitwieser, ends in September 2018. Prospective successors have been invited to submit applications. Dr. Breitwieser announces that she will not be available for another term and takes stock of the work she has done since taking the museum’s helm.

Lawrence Weiner

inside of & outside of itself (2005)The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is pleased to announce that Lawrence Weiner’s inside of & outside of itself (2005), an installation specifically created for the museum that has been in storage for years, will once again be presented on the façade of the Mönchsberg venue above the roofs of Salzburg.

Carolee Schneemann

The Generali Foundation and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg congratulate Carolee Schneemann on being awarded the Golden Lion in VeniceLaunch of the international tour of her exhibition and new acquisitions for the Generali Foundation CollectionAt the 57th Venice Biennale, Carolee Schneemann will receive the Golden Lion in honor of her lifetime achievement. Meanwhile, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg is about to send its exhibition Carolee Schneemann. Kinetic Painting on an international tour. The first stop, in late May, will be the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt (May 31–September 24, 2017); in the fall, the show will travel to the MoMA PS1 in New York (October 22, 2017–March 11, 2018). Key works by Carolee Schneemann were secured for the Generali Foundation Collection, which has been on permanent loan to the Museum der Moderne Salzburg since 2014: an early kinetic piece titled Fur Wheel (1962) as well as the artist’s experimental films were acquired last year, now complemented by another crucial work, Noise Bodies (1965).

Photo Kinetics

This exhibition of the works from the collection, organized in partnership with the Generali Foundation, explores the connection between movement, the body, and light in art. Kinetic objects, performances, and films are shown in combination with photograms, photographs, lithographs, and drawings. The selected works from the various holdings of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg span a period from the late nineteenth century through to the present and include recent acquisitions.

The Museum as a Space of Action

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is pleased to announce free admission to two exhibitions at the Rupertinum throughout their full fourteen-week duration. The Museum as a Space of Action reflects a shift of emphasis from the art to the audience at a time of social change. At the same time, Roland Goeschl: Total Space of Color shows a selection of works in memory of the sculptor who was born in Salzburg in 1932 and died in December 2016.

A Feast of Astonishments

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg is the only European venue of this extensive exhibition about the work and influence of the American musician and performance artist Charlotte Moorman. The first comprehensive tribute to Moorman’s art and her role as ambassador of the avant-garde, it reveals the artist in a fascinating new light.

Annual press conference 2017

In 2017, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg will highlight strong personalities from contemporary art. Following on from the European premiere of Charlotte Moorman’s work, both Museum der Moderne venues, in conjunction with the Salzburg Festival, will be staging a high-profile William Kentridge exhibition. Topical thematic exhibitions are further highlights of this year’s program.

Robert Frank

The first comprehensive overview of the work of Robert Frank in Austria: The Museum der Moderne Salzburg presents an experimental show with works from his entire artistic career, from 1947 until today. It features Robert Frank’s seminal photographs alongside his films and books.

New Art Depot

The construction of the long-awaited Museum der Moderne Salzburg Art Depot will commence on 15 November 2016, 12.30a.m., in Guggenthal in the municipality of Koppl, 25-minutes’ drive from the museum. Governor Dr. Wilfried Haslauer, Dr. Heinrich Schellhorn, Member of the Government, Director of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Dr. Sabine Breitwieser, Mag. Christian Prucher, Business Director and Dr. Erik Eybl, Member of the Managing Board of the Generali Foundation, will attend the groundbreaking ceremony. The building, with an area of nearly 50,000 square feet, will house a professional art depot, workshops, and other service facilities constructed in accordance with the latest museum and technological standards. Its completion, planned for late 2017, will be a milestone in the management of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg’s collections. The much-vaunted Generali Foundation collection, on permanent loan to the museum, will now finally be able to move from Vienna to Salzburg.

Carolee Schneemann Tour

Carolee Schneemann exhibition travels to Frankfurt and New York

From 21 November 2015, to 28 February 2016, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg presented the first comprehensive retrospective of the works of the US American artist Carolee Schneemann. The exhibition was a resounding success with the public, and the catalogue accompanying it is already a standard work. Next year the exhibition will be shown at the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, and then in New York.

Pichler

The Museum der Moderne Salzburg proudly presents a grand retrospective surveying the work of Walter Pichler spanning five decades. Crossing the boundaries between architecture, design, and sculpture, Pichler was one of the most idiosyncratic artists of his time. From his early architectural visions across the series of Prototypes to his recently realized building projects, the exhibition shines a spotlight on an oeuvre that continues to inspire artists working today. The presentation includes a wealth of previously unpublished material.

Raymond Pettibon

The exhibition Raymond Pettibon. Homo Americanus at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg presents the sharp reflection of the myth of American culture in the exceptional work of a great graphic artist. The show includes more than five hundred works illustrating Pettibon’s incisive take on the American Dream—from Woodstock to the so-called War on Terror.

Making Spaces

For the new exhibition of works from the collections, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg is focusing on the interaction between artists and the architectural, institutional, and social spaces and how they are produced, appropriated, and criticized. Visitors are invited to discover nine artist spaces and to experience the works in them in their singularity. This selection from the Museum’s collections focuses on new acquisitions, particularly through the Generali Foundation.

Reopening

Strengthening Salzburg’s standing as a center of higher learning: after several months of renovations, the Museum der Moderne Salzburg reopens its historic home, the Rupertinum building, with remodeled galleries and the new Generali Foundation Study Center and Franz West Lounge. The two inaugural exhibitions Visual Wit and Social Critique and Rediscoveries and New Acquisitions showcase the rich collections of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg, now considerably enlarged by the addition of the Generali Foundation Collection on permanent loan to the museum.

Visual Wit and Social Critique

Sharp eyes and deadly pens: the exhibition Visual Wit and Social Critique at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg presents masters of the art of pinpointing society’s ills. The exhibition will showcase works by Francisco de Goya, Honoré Daumier, William Hogarth, George Grosz and others from the museum’s own collections. The renowned artist Dan Perjovschi has created a new installation for the exhibition, which will be on view in the newly reopened Rupertinum building.

30 Years of Friendship

On Friday, June 27, 2016, the Society of Friends of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg around President Heideswinth Kurz and the other members of the board marked the association’s thirtieth anniversary with a summer party on the Mönchsberg. Around two hundred prominent figures in Salzburg’s cultural life, including Governor Wilfried Haslauer, came to celebrate. The net proceeds from the evening were donated toward the acquisition of Paulina Olowska’s Flowers (2012) for the Museum der Moderne’s growing collection. “For three decades, the Society of Friends has been unwavering and extraordinarily generous in its support for the museum,” Director Sabine Breitwieser notes. “We are fortunate to have such good friends.”

Anti:modern

As Salzburg celebrates the bicentennial of its union with Austria, the exhibition Anti : modern spotlights characteristic events and phenomena in the life of this city and region in the heart of Europe between tradition and renewal. The ambitious project unites historic exhibits from the visual arts, society and politics, literature, dance, theater, music, and the sciences with works by renowned contemporary artists to inspire wide-ranging reflections.

New Hires

The director and supervisory committee of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg are pleased to announce the recent hire of two exceptionally competent and experienced staff members who will strengthen the museum’s team in key positions:

Christian Prucher will join the museum in the role of chief financial officer on July 1, 2016.Christiane Kuhlmann, the new curator of photography and media art, will take up her position on June 1, 2016.

Restitution Berthe Morisot

On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, the Government of the State of Salzburg and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg returned the work Jeanne Pontillon à la capeline (1884) by Berthe Morisot to the David-Weill community of heirs. “Researching the provenance of the works in their collections and restituting them to the rightful owners when necessary has emerged as a central part of the mission of museums today, reflecting an international ethical standard,” Director Sabine Breitwieser of the Museum der Moderne Salzburg explains. “I am pleased that, based on provenance research undertaken at the museum, we are now able to return Berthe Morisot’s Jeanne Pontillon à la capeline, formerly in the David-Weill collection, to the rightful heirs.”